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Appointments of dependents of Anganwadi workers on compassionate ground relaxed:Min

Chandigarh, Nov 24 (UNI) Punjab Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Ms. Aruna Chaudhary, on Tuesday, announced to relax the condition of giving job only to dependent widow daughter-in-law of the Anganwadi workers and helpers on compassionate grounds and assured the representatives of Anganwadi Workers Unions to meet all their legitimate demands during three-hour long marathon meeting with them.
During a meeting at her office at Punjab Civil Secretariat, Ms. Chaudhary said that the existing condition of appointment on compassionate grounds is to give preference only to widow daughter-in-law of the deceased Anganwadi worker and helper, which will now be replaced to any dependent of the concerned worker and helper.
She informed that earlier workers and helpers were received ex-gratia after the age of 70, while their retirement age was 65 and now they can claim for ex-gratia anytime between the age of 60 to 65.
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